BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A member of a large-scale criminal enterprise has been convicted after a four-day trial for distributing large amounts of cocaine throughout Eastern and Western Massachusetts. Vicente Gonzalez, 51, of Chicopee, was convicted on Oct. 3, 2024 of one count of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or m  more

BROOKLINE, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The Environmental Business Council of New England issued the following news: Please join the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC) in welcoming Equitable Community Resilience LLC as a new member of the organization beginning October of 2024. "Equitable Community Resilience LLC focus is to ensure equitable community resilience through direct partnerships and adaptive capacity building. Equitable Community Resilience LLC seeks to serve as a consu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water * * * BOSTON (Oct. 8, 2024) - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) also require m  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct 8, 2024: * * * EPA announces new final regulations and new funding under the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda for clean drinking water * * * BOSTON (Oct. 8, 2024) - Today, the Biden-Harris Administration issued a final rule requiring drinking water systems across the country to identify and replace lead pipes within 10 years. The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI)  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. A Northfield woman has pleaded guilty in federal court for diverting fentanyl from an ICU patient at Concord Hospital, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Lisa Richardson, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of Tampering with Consumer Products. U.S. District Court Judge Landya McCafferty scheduled sentencing for January 16, 2025.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following news: A new report from the Granite Post details how Kelly Ayotte is facing scrutiny for helping found and sitting on the board of the anti-abortion group Winning for Women, which the Washington Post described as a "major player in getting more antiabortion women to Washington." As the Granite Post reports, "Ayotte was so intimately involved in the operations of the group, NPR described Winning for Women as being '  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JAHQUAN BLACKWIN, also known as "Mula," 27, of Hartford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to 66 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for trafficking narcotics an  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD. N.H. A Lawrence, Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for trafficking methamphetamine in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Narquin Sanchez-Unbes, 24, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Landya B. McCafferty, to 42 months in federal prison and one year of supervised release. On June 6, 2024  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: CONCORD, N.H. A Massachusetts man was sentenced in federal court for drug trafficking in New Hampshire, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces. Carlos Alejandro Chevalier Santos, 23, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Samantha Elliott to 36 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release. In June 2024, Chevalier Santos pleaded gui  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A Boston man has pleaded guilty to his role in Cameron Street, a violent Boston gang. Charod Taylor, a/k/a "Pachino," 35, of Boston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise (commonly referred to as RICO conspiracy) and conspiracy to distribute cocaine. U.S. Senior District Court Judge William G. Young s  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: BOSTON A mother and son were sentenced in federal court in Boston for participating in a North Shore-based drug trafficking organization (DTO) that allegedly distributed tens of thousands of counterfeit prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Javier Bello, a/k/a "Javi," 29, of Beverly, Mass. was sentenced by U.S. District   more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition is pleased to announce the keynote speakers and faculty for its annual investigative journalism program later this month. Keynote speakers for the 2024 Negri First Amendment Institute will be: - Jill Abramson | Former executive editor at The New York Times who now leads the Northeastern University Burnes Center for Social Change's Initiat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: Conn. Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that ISRAEL MENDOZA, also known as "D-Nice" and "Israel Mandosa," 44, formerly of Reading, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to conspiracy to distribute, and to possess with intent to distribut  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Oct. 9 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * Collection Chronicles Career in the Performing Arts * * * Writer, director and performer Jack Neary - whose plays have been staged around the world and who has appeared in films such as "Black Mass" and "The Town" - donated his professional papers to his alma mater, UMass Lowell. The Center for Lowell History at UMass Lowell, which is part of the university's library, now   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: WETHERSFIELD, Conn. Vanessa Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that JIMMY LASSUS, 40, of Wethersfield, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to distribution of fentanyl and oxycodone. According to court documents and statements made in court, in the early morning of   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 8, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Over 250 Organizations Made Voluntary Commitments to White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing that over 250 organizations, businesses, and stakeholders across the country have made voluntary commitments to the White House Challenge to Save Lives from Overdose. The Challenge, launched earlier   more